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Dealing with the Overspending Crisis | Andrew Bacevich
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45:01Now PlayingAndrew Bacevich on the Limits of Power, Modern Military History, and the Folly of “Military Solutions”
In this episode:
- Andrew Bacevich joins the podcast to talk to Tom about his 2008 book, The Limits of Power, about the failures of the Iraq War and the cultural, political, and military crises that led to it and exposed the weaknesses in America’s global posture
- the lessons to be taken from the post-WWII history of American military policy and foreign entanglements
- why the impulse to rely on “American muscle” to fix things is often unjustified
Texts Mentioned:
- The Limits of Power by Andrew Bacevich
- The Decadent Society by Ross Douthat
- “The Crisis of Confidence” speech by Jimmy Carter
- Battlegroundsby H.R. McMaster
- ISI Debate on Taiwan and China
- American Conservatism: Reclaiming an Intellectual Tradition by Andrew Bacevich
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